Dynamic tables--always a bad idea?

2007-08-23 Thread Douglas Pearson
We're trying to figure out how to design a particularly critical table in our database schema. The choices are to use a single large table or a series of dynamically created small tables. This table will receive the majority of traffic (queries and updates) in the database so it's a key part of

RE: Dynamic tables--always a bad idea?

2007-08-23 Thread Jerry Schwartz
www.etudes-marche.com -Original Message- From: Douglas Pearson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 4:35 PM To: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: Dynamic tables--always a bad idea? We're trying to figure out how to design a particularly critical table in our database

RE: Dynamic tables--always a bad idea?

2007-08-23 Thread Douglas Pearson
-Original Message- From: Jerry Schwartz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 2:02 PM To: 'Douglas Pearson'; mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: RE: Dynamic tables--always a bad idea? How are you going to do queries that join or merge thousands of tables? or won't that be necessary